civil Liberties

Lyndon B. Johnson's act to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution was signed into law 95 years after the amendment was ratified removed poll taxes and literacy tests and other restrictions that denied people the right to vote.

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Equal Pay Act

• Title IX

• The Great Society

What did the 14th Amendment do?

• Abolished slavery

• Wrote the promise of equality into the Constitution

• Granted Congress the power to pass an income tax

• Provided for the direct election of senators

Which amendment guarantees due process and equal protection?

• 14th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 25 Amendment

• 15th Amendment

"States are prohibited from imposing any voting qualifications or prerequisite to voting or to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color" - Which of the following is being described in the document?

• Armed Forces Desegregation Act

• the Civil Rights Act of 1964

• the Voting Rights Act of 1965

• G.I. Bill

"Extends voting rights and outlaws racial discrimination in schools and the workplace and by facilities that serve the general public" - Which of the following is being described in the document?

• Armed Forces Desegregation Act

• the Civil Rights Act of 1964

• the Voting Rights Act of 1965

• G.I. Bill

In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled that...

• separate but equal schools were unconstitutional

• all children should attend public schools

• public schools should be segregated

• schools should be given equal amounts of money